Improvement in haversacks



' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE` THOMAS KEEOH, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.v

IMPROVEMENT IN HAVERSACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,047, dated September22, 1863.

To all whom it may concerm A Be itknown that I, THOMAS KEECH, of NewYork, of the county of NewYork, in the State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improved Haversack; and l do hereby declare that thefollowing is a tull and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly tov that kind of haversack which ismade of duck or other textile material, which is pervious to moisture,and which can be readily washed.

This kind of haversack possesses very many 'and great advantages forarmy use; but experience has shown that one of its great disadvantagesarises from its pervious nature, which admits grease or moisture fromany article or material contained in the haversack to penetrate throughit and grease or stain the clothes of the person wearing or carrying thebag. A haversack made entirely ot some impervious material wouldovercome this objection or disadvantage; but such kind of haversackwould not possess many real ad. vantages possessed by the haversack madeof pervious material, such as duck, which is light, cheap, and admits ofbeing washed and kept clean and nice. To render this kind of haversackperfectly desirable in every respect, and free it of the objection nowattached to it, is the object'of my present inventon, which to this endconsists in the employment, in connection with a haversack made ofpervious or penetrable material, of a detachable or removable side pieceor pad of impervious or impenetrable material, the whole so arranged asthat the clothes of the person wearing the haversack will be effectuallyprotected from any grease or moisture from the contents of the bag, allas hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I willproceed to describe the construction or formation of one of my improvedhaversacks, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of my improved yhaversack, and Fig. 2 isa cross-section at the line y y, Fig. 1.

In the several figures the same letter of reference indicates the samepart of the article.

A is abag, made of duck or other pervious material in the usual manner,(of one piece so cut and sewed up as to form the bag and flap or cover60,) and provided with a strap, B, of the same material, sewed orotherwise attached at either end to said bag A. This much of thehaversack is now in use and well known, so that I need not here speakmore particularly ci' it. On that side ofthe bag A which is worn neXtItothe person I sew four (more or less) buttons, c c c c, arranged orplaced near the corners of the bag, by means of which I attach to saidbag A a piece or sheet of enameled cloth, G, provided with suitablebutton-holes to receive the buttons c c, &c., and of a superficial sizeabout or nearly equal to that of the whole side of the bag A.

It will be understood that by the employment of this detachable sidepiece,'O, the clothes of the person wearing the haversack are completelyprotected from any grease or moisture which (from the contents of bag A)penetrates the material of the bag A, and thus a haversack made ofpervious material and possessing all the advantages of such kind of bagover one made of rubber or enameled cloth, or other impervious material,is possessed also, by the addition of the impervious side piece, C,ofthe great advantage of imperviousness on the side which comes incontact with the clothes of the person wearing the haversack.

It will be understood that in lieu of attaching the cloth G on theexterior of the bags side it may be attached on its interior and eectthe same ends; and it will also be understood that any other convenientor desirable method of attaching the impervious pad C (other than thatshown) will answer the purposes of carrying out my invention.

I do not wish to limit myself to the particular material shown anddescribed, nor to the form and proportions of the parts of thehaversaok; but,

Having expiained fully my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

A haversaek formed of pervious material, and having a detachableimpervious or mpenetrable side piece, the Whole arranged to operatesubstantialiy as described,l for the purposes set forth. l

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day ofAugust, 1863.

THOMAS KEECH.

Witnesses:

JAs. J. NEAGLE, J. N. MGINTIRE.

